The panel, set up by the Federal Government to look at how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are referred to in the Constitution, released its recommendations yesterday.

They include making changes to the Constitution to acknowledge Indigenous Australians and their language, as well as prohibit racial discrimination.

If supported by government, Australians would have the opportunity to vote on changes to the Constitution at a referendum.

ABC Goulburn Murray mornings presenter Joseph Thomsen spoke to Charles Sturt University constitutional law expert Dr Bede Harris about the proposed changes, and Wiradjuri elder Nancy Rooke about what it would mean for Aboriginal people in the Goulburn Murray.